7,000 hours of sacred chant

Started by Padraig, April 10, 2020, 06:28:24 PM

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Padraig

I discovered this project today, just in time to have some recollection before Holy Week was over. While the full 7,000 hours aren't published yet, the nuns who are recording this collection have made their recitation of the Divine Office for Holy Week available to listen for free right now. If you aren't able to attend any Holy Week services, this may help "get you in the spirit" before Lent is over.

https://neumz.com/index.html

For the entire Divine Office of Holy Week:
https://neumz.com/archive.html

"About the Project

Neumz is the largest recording project ever undertaken: the complete Gregorian Chant, in a long term collaboration with the community of Benedictine nuns of the Abbey of Notre-Dame de Fidélité of Jouques, in French Provence. From a hill that rises above the banks of the Durance River, this community of forty-five nuns lives withdrawn from the bustle of modern life, in communion with nature and in quiet contemplation. Their life is regularized by the rhythm of ora et labora, prayer and work, the currency of the Rule of St. Benedict. Their days are divided by the regular Offices of the Liturgy of the Hours and include daily Mass. Their years follow the Earth's seasons and the Liturgical Calendar, a cycle of feast days that celebrate the Church's Saints through which they meditate on Holy Scripture.

The complete project covers three years of recordings. It presents the entire Gregorian repertoire, including thousands of pieces (the equivalent of more than 7000 CDs). Each chant is synchronized with its Franconian square-note score, the Latin text, and its translation into the user's language. The contents of the Psalter, lectionary, collectary, antiphonary, responsoriary, and Gradual are assembled into a 21st-century multimedia "Liber Digitalis"™. Neumz will go live in two months as a web app, and in fall 2020 for iOS and Android."

Heinrich

Thanks. But there is no German site, just English and Romance languages.
Schaff Recht mir Gott und führe meine Sache gegen ein unheiliges Volk . . .   .                          
Lex Orandi, lex credendi, lex vivendi.
"Die Welt sucht nach Ehre, Ansehen, Reichtum, Vergnügen; die Heiligen aber suchen Demütigung, Verachtung, Armut, Abtötung und Buße." --Ausschnitt von der Geschichte des Lebens St. Bennos.

Padraig